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McMahon or MacMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN or / m ə k ˈ m ɑː n / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear") [1] is an Irish surname.
For instance, in Basque, the letter "z" maintained a sibilant "s"-like sound, while Spanish changed it; thus, a surname such as Zabala in Basque is properly read similar to sabala" (Basque pronunciation:), but in Spanish, where the "z" denotes a "th" sound (), it would be read as "Tha-bala" (Spanish pronunciation:). However, since the letter "z ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
The native name means "place of snakes and ticks." Chiapas: Nahuatl: Chiapan "Place where the chia sage grows" Chihuahua: Nahuatl: xicuahua [1] The state takes its name from its capital city, Chihuahua City. This name is thought to derive from the Nahuatl Xicuahua, or "dry, sandy place". [1] Coahuila: Nahuatl: coatl + huila: Origin disputed.
This produced the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos ("Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames"), which listed permitted surnames with origins in Spanish, Filipino, and Hispanized Chinese words, names, and numbers. Thus, many Spanish-sounding Filipino surnames are not surnames common to the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.
Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings. Moreno – 539,927; Chávez – 517,392 – From Portuguese and Galician, from various places by the name, places derive name from Latin clavis “keys” or aquis Flaviis “at the waters of Flavius” [3] Rivera – 508,022 – Meaning either "Riverbank" or ...
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McMahon system tournament, a tournament pairing system invented for Go competitions McMahon-Hussein Correspondence , an exchange of letters during World War I concerning the fate of the Middle East MacMahon's master theorem